I developed this lesson for a Y9 class who were preparing for the English Controlled Assessment 'Soundtrack of my Life'. They were a class of 28 boys who found generating literary devices quite difficult and so I broke them up into teams of three/four and assigned key-roles to each student. The only thing missing from this lesson is the starter activity which I can't seem to find anywhere! (Sorry). This lesson can be developed/changed to suit KS3 or KS4 and is fully differentiated. All you&'ll need to add is the role-badges (I used sticky labels). Enjoy.

I made this last year and my students (whole-school Y11) found it very useful (I hope that yours will, too!).<br /> <br /> This pack contains quotes/information on:<br /> <br /> * Macbeth<br /> * An Inspector Calls<br /> * The Love and Relationships Cluster<br /> * (There's a blank template for 19th Century Novel notes)

<p>What follows is a pack of four images; each image has three planning slides for students to use in order to build their creative writing skills.</p> <p>All of the slides are editable (aside from the few graphics I’ve borrowed from the internet under “fair-use” guidelines) so you can change/amend them as you like.</p>

<p>This is a ten-slide ppt. where I’ve placed grids of letters (each grid-square is a text box so you can change the letters whenever you like) and a suggested goal of how many letters the students need to use to form words.</p> <p>I think this is a suitable starter for all ages as you can make it as challenging or relaxed as you please; it’s simple, effective and can be really fun if you have a competitive class!</p>

<p>This ppt. contains a range of quizzes and small, warm-up tasks to help GCSE English Language Paper 2 students in their study of the Victorian Era as Source B’s contexts can be quite difficult for many to grasp if they haven’t covered this Era in “History/Humanities” class.</p> <p>This is a resource for older students as it covers racism/racist themes, unethical practices (in context) and similar materials which may be too mature for anyone under 14.</p> <p>For the more hard-hitting activities (the final Taboo Quiz), I have added a range of suggested discussion points that you might wish to use.</p> <p>This could also be used by GCSE History Teachers; all websites used for information have been cited.</p>

<p>As the title suggests, this forty-five minute lesson might be useful for any Media BTECs or as an introduction (for KS3/KS4) to what representation is/means.</p> <p>It focuses on McDonald’s and could be used with the award winning documentary “Supersize Me”.</p>

<p>I’ve created this planning sheet to assist/support my lower-band students; many don’t see the value of planning and their mind-maps can often become disjointed, however, this ‘boxed off’ strategy seems to be working better!</p> <p>This is a Word Document which can be edited in terms of which creative/descriptive elements you want them to focus on.</p> <p>I’ve left the questions/which medium they’re writing for blank on this template but I would write a specific question and discuss the medium (i.e. magazine, creative writing website, etc.) when setting it.</p>

<p>This is a quiz I’ve knocked together with a ‘bonus’ proof reading activity where you can award a prize/incentive.</p> <p>It’s a word document and so you can edit it as you need/want to!</p> <p>There are 13 questions in total with multiple choice responses; the correct answers are also attached on a second page.</p>

<p>This powerpoint contains video clips which may not be suitable for all learners (some cover body dysmorphia, eating disorders and other mental health issues) and so I strongly advise that you watch them before showing to a class (they are age appropriate, however).</p> <p>Again, this lesson may be useful for Media BTEC or a lesson reviewing cultural trends/the harm that representation can cause.</p>

<p>These are a “front-sheet” I developed for my staff to use when covering the questions across all four papers as a way to cut down lengthy marking processes; ideally, a member of staff would annotate the students responses and, upon reading that feedback, the students would fill in this sheet.</p> <p>We found that having “banned” words/statements on the board was helpful and, for more higher ability students, we would ask them to cite which part of the teacher’s comments had prompted their written response.</p> <code>We covered Macbeth and An Inspector Calls, however, these sheets can be easily altered to use with any of the texts. You could also change the &quot;next steps&quot; section into a re-drfating activity and, instead of 'what went well' and 'even better if', you could give them other goals/targets or tasks. </code>

<p>On the rare occasions that I could book a computer room, I liked to give my higher ability students the opportunity to use their superior typing skills for this 40 mark question.</p> <p>This lesson has been designed to share with the students/for them to be able to access and fill in PPT. slides themselves; however, it can be easily adapted to use as a regular teaching tool.</p> <p>The two tasks are ‘sci-fi’ and offer the students a range of chunked down tasks to plan for either a narrative or descriptive writing response.</p>